New York (Eskimo Joe song)

"New York" is the third single by Eskimo Joe, taken from their third studio album Black Fingernails, Red Wine. The band flew to New York to film the music video for the single. The music video for "New York" debuted on ABC's all night music program, Rage, as the first clip shown on 15 December 2006. "New York" was released on 3 February 2007.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Eskimo Joe.

All songs written and composed by Eskimo Joe.

Release history

Music video

The music video is unusual for Eskimo Joe, featuring lead singer Kavyen Temperley changing T-shirts. It is filmed on the streets of New York, whilst Temperley walks backward with smoke coming out of his mouth. It then pans to the band running in Central Park in a similar style to the "Who Sold Her Out" video.

Director Stuart MacLeod has commented.

After a quick mock-up at home, the logistics of donning T-shirts in real time was proving more difficult than anticipated. In frustration, MacLeod hit the rewind button and the sudden flurry of activity saw the concept morph into a music video.

New York (album)

New York is the fifteenth solo album by Lou Reed, released early in 1989. A universal critical success, it is widely considered one of his best solo albums. While the defunct Velvet Underground were at the peak of their popularity at the time, Reed's solo career had hit several lows during the 1980s, at least since his Blue Mask. However the widespread popularity of New York reignited his career to the extent that he could revive the Velvet Underground for an aborted world tour.

The album is highly regarded for the strength and force of its lyrical content, but at the time drew criticism for its perceived pedestrian, "truck driver," musicianship. Reed countered that he required simple music so that it would not distract from his frank lyrics. The single "Dirty Blvd." was a #1 hit on the newly created Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for four weeks. Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker played on two tracks.

Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, each of which is a separate county of New York State. The five boroughs – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island – were consolidated into a single city in 1898. With a census-estimated 2014 population of 8,491,079 distributed over a land area of just 305 square miles (790km2), New York is the most densely populated major city in the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. By 2014 census estimates, the New York City metropolitan region remains by a significant margin the most populous in the United States, as defined by both the Metropolitan Statistical Area (20.1million residents) and the Combined Statistical Area (23.6million residents). In 2013, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of nearly US$1.39trillion, while in 2012, the CSA generated a GMP of over US$1.55trillion, both ranking first nationally by a wide margin and behind the GDP of only twelve and eleven countries, respectively.

New York

I hear the train all nightSound of its wind blowing through our subtle livesAnd I have a job to do walking these carsWalking all asleep to get to youBut I don't feel your stir beside meAnd your not in my morning hourSome ties are made to breakSome stalks grow high and green to run awayAnd feel the wakeAnd these lines tell the truthThese city veins answer all you doSo could you keep me in the pulsesCould you keep me in the soundI got wise and I got oldNot once, not once did I fallSo don't you knowMaybe you bet on meWhile we were still young enough to knowOr to believeFor every year you tookFor every soft breathe or loving lookBelieve meAnd don't keep me like you have meAnd don't kiss me like you don'tI got wise and I got oldNot once, not once did I fallSo don't you nowSome land holds a homeSome of my years only hold me to RomeBut I tell myself its trueYou see a home you see a manYou see it tooAnd I say don't you know you have herGo on kiss her now you boyI got wise and I got oldNot once, not once did I fallSo don't you nowI got wise and I got oldNot once, not once did I fall